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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. WHITE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MANHATTAN BRASS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET AND STANDARD LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,477, dated December 14, 1880,

Application filed September 1, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. WHITE, of the city and State of New York, have invented 'an Improvement in Adjustable Bracket and Standard Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

Lamps have been made in which there is a joint in the standard, so that the lamp may stand vertically upon and above the standard, or the base of the standard be hung against a wall with the standard projecting horizontally and the lamp at right angles to and above said standard; but the joint was unsightly and disfigured the lamp, especially whemused in a vertical position.

My present invention is an improvement in this class of lamps, whereby the joint is rendered almost invisible, and the same is very strong and easily made.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of thejoint in the lamp. Fig. 2 is a section at the line w as, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is an plate, t, from which project laterally the jointpivots 0 0. In the upper end of the standard b there are half-round notches for the reception of these pivots o,'and there is asheetmetal cap, 8, having a cylindrical base, that is adapted to pass over the top of the standard b, and it, is notched to set over the pivots 0 0, so that said pivots-are securely held in place, but allowed to turn after the cylinder of the cap has been soldered to theupper end of the said standard b. The cap 8 is also slotted to allow of the parts swinging when the lampstandard is turned from a vertical to a horizontal position, or vice versa, and the edge of the joint-plate at this side is of a shape to correspond with the cap, or nearly so, in order that the slot in said cap may not be especially noticeable when the lam p-standard is upright.

Within the standard 12 there is a spring, r, that is fastened at its lower end, and near the upper and moving end there is a stud, 2, entering one of the holes or recesses 3 or 4 in the joint-plate t, and there is a push-pin, t, that projects from the spring through the side of the standard, so that the spring can be unlocked from'the joint-plate when the standard is to be turned in its relation to the lamp.

It will be apparent that the pivots formed in one with the joint-plate, and the joint-plate and pivots, being received within the cap and the top of the standard, form a very firm joint that is not liable to become loose by wear. At the same time the standard is not made any larger than usual, and the joint can scarcely be seen, and hence the lamp is not disfigured.

I claim as my invention-- The combination, with the lamp-reservoir and the standard and base, of a joint-plate, i, having a cylinder that is soldered to the reservoir, and pivots that project at each side of the joint-plate, a cap that is notched for the pivots and is soldered to the standard, and a spring within the standard, and a stud entering one of the recesses in the joint-plate, said joint-plate corresponding, or nearly so, at one side with theslotted cap, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 30th day of August, A. D. 1880.

JAMES H. WHITE.

Witnesses:

R. TURNER, J 0s. '1. STEE E. 

